2:23 PM ET Associated Press EVANSTON, Ill. — Northwestern promoted longtime deputy athletic director Mike Polisky to replace Jim Phillips as athletic director Monday. A Chicago-area native, Polisky joined Northwestern in 2010 after working for the Arena Football League’s Chicago Rush and American Hockey League’s Chicago Wolves. He worked closely with Phillips in branding and
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5:18 PM ET Northwestern is promoting Mike Polisky to athletic director, ending a lengthy search for Jim Phillips’ successor, sources told ESPN. Polisky, who has served as Northwestern’s deputy athletic director for external affairs since June 2010, will be announced as AD on Monday. Phillips took the ACC commissioner job in December and completed his
1:39 PM ET Top international basketball prospect Igor Milicic has committed to Virginia, he told ESPN on Saturday. “There are many things that are special about UVA,” Milicic said. “In terms of basketball culture, great fans, and really good academics which is also a big thing for me. Coach Bennett and his coaching staff are
12:14 PM ET Coastal Carolina transfer DeVante’ Jones, the Sun Belt Player of the Year and one of the best available point guards in the portal, committed to Michigan on Saturday. Jones chose the Wolverines over a final list that also included Texas Tech, Texas and Memphis. “I had a great relationship with coach [Juwan]
12:51 AM ET Shaqir O’Neal, Shaquille O’Neal’s youngest son, is committed to Texas Southern, he announced on Instagram on Friday. During an interview with Overtime, O’Neal, a 6-foot-6 shooting guard, said he committed to the Tigers to “change the narrative” on historically black colleges. “You can expect a lot of buckets,” he said in the
7:57 PM ET Associated Press COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The Mountain West has eliminated its intraconference transfer rules, becoming the latest Division I league to decide to it will be governed solely by NCAA rules. The Mountain West announced Friday that the conference’s board of directors approved a recommendation by the league’s administrators and athlete
7:21 PM ET Florida lawmakers passed a bill Friday afternoon that reinstates this July as the start date for allowing college athletes to make money from endorsements, reversing a brief push to delay the new opportunities by a year. Politicians hurried to introduce an amended bill Friday on the final day of the state’s current
5:52 PM ET Top-ranked junior Emoni Bates, widely considered one of the best high school basketball prospects in the last decade, announced Friday that he was decommitting from Michigan State and reopening his recruitment. “I would like to thank Tom Izzo and the coaching staff at Michigan State but I have decided to reopen my
3:18 PM ET The rich got richer in college basketball on Friday when Gonzaga, the No. 1 team in ESPN’s Way-Too-Early Top-25 poll, landed transfer Rasir Bolton, his father, Ray Bolton, told ESPN. Bolton, who averaged 15.5 points and 3.9 assists for Iowa State last season, started his career at Penn State. He chose Gonzaga
2:43 PM ET Associated Press DENVER — Denver men’s basketball coach Jeff Wulbrun landed a big name with the signing of Coban Porter, who is the younger brother of Nuggets forward Michael Porter Jr. and Memphis Grizzlies big man Jontay Porter. Coban Porter signed a national letter of intent Friday, the school announced in a
11:00 AM ET EJ Onu, a two-time NAIA All-American, will use his extra year of eligibility and explore the transfer market, he told ESPN Friday. “I believe I’m an NBA talent, and I have a lot of things to prove and show that no matter what level you play at, you can play with anyone,”
7:00 AM ET At the start of every offseason, I go through the depth charts of every team from the top six conferences and a couple dozen other noteworthy teams. It’s been a difficult task this spring because of the NCAA granting every player an additional year of eligibility, not to mention the enormous influx
6:47 PM ET Cal State Northridge has placed men’s basketball coach Mark Gottfried and his staff on paid administrative leave while it conducts an internal investigation into alleged rules violations, according to a university statement issued Thursday. “Upon learning of potential rules violations within our men’s basketball program, I directed an immediate review and have
4:07 PM ET Andrea Adelson Close ESPN Senior Writer ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. Dan Murphy Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Big Ten Joined ESPN.com in 2014 Graduate of the University of Notre Dame Football players, coaches and athletic directors in the state of Florida spoke out
7:00 AM ET The unpredictability and tumult in college basketball over the past six months didn’t end when the buzzer sounded on Baylor’s blowout win over Gonzaga in the national championship game on April 5. It simply gave way to the wildest offseason we’ve ever seen, with names entering the transfer portal at an unprecedented
10:16 PM ET Associated Press WACO, Texas — National champion Baylor is adding transfer guard James Akinjo, the leading scorer for Arizona last season. Coach Scott Drew announced Wednesday that Akinjo has signed with the Bears. The 6-foot-1 guard is expected to join the team this summer and will have two seasons of eligibility remaining.
6:59 PM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA Division I Board of Directors ratified a rule change Wednesday that will allow all athletes who have not yet transferred the ability to do so one time in a college career and be immediately eligible to play. The Division I Council adopted the proposed legislation earlier
3:57 PM ET Associated Press MILWAUKEE — Marquette has added former Oklahoma forward Kur Kuath to its roster. The 6-foot-10 Kuath averaged 5.1 points, 3.8 rebounds, 1.5 blocks and 17.1 minutes for Oklahoma this past season. He played 10.6 minutes per game in the 2019-20 season and averaged 3.4 points, 2.1 and 1.5 blocks. Kuath,